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There's one way in which this article is incorrect. It is not necessary to have a chaotic childhood or suffer from childhood abuse in order to develop a narcissistic personality. There are many people with what are called the borderline personality syndromes who have had absolutely nothing go wrong in their youth.

We accept the fact that some people have a genetic predisposition to cancer or a biological tendency to develop spinal stenosis, kidney disease, heart disease. We should accept that things can go wrong with the developing brain, too.

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There's one way in which this article is incorrect. It is not necessary to have a chaotic childhood or suffer from childhood abuse in order to develop a narcissistic personality. There are many people with what are called the borderline personality syndromes who have had absolutely nothing go wrong in their youth.

We accept the fact that some people have a genetic predisposition to cancer or a biological tendency to develop spinal stenosis, kidney disease, heart disease. We should accept that things can go wrong with the developing brain, too.

There are also transitional and situational narcissism, which come from adapting to an environment that encourages narcissistic behavior, rather than from deep psychic wounds.